Psalms 97-99

Psalm 97

1 JEHOVAH reigns! O earth, rejoice;

Ye ransom'd isles, exalt your voice:

Make every hill and vale around Responsive to the welcome sound

2 Though far removed from mortal eye, He reigns in glorious majesty;

Himself in awful clouds conceal'd, His truth, His justice stands reveal'd.

3 Yes, Jesus reigns! the gospel's light Beams with mild radiance on our sight; And fallen man, redeem'd, forgiven, May lift his heart, his hopes to heaven.

4 Oh, then, obey His sacred Word, All ye who love and fear the Lord;

Go, publish through His wide domains The glorious truth, Jehovah reigns!

Harriett Auber, 1829.

Psalm 98

1 SING to the Lord a new-made song, Who wondrous things has done; With His right hand and holy arm The conquest He has won.

2 The Lord has through th' astonish'd world Display'd His saving might, And made His righteous acts appear In all the heathen's sight.

3 Of Israel's house His love and truth Have ever mindful been;

Wide earth's remotest parts the power Of Israel's God have seen.

4 Let therefore earth's inhabitants Their cheerful voices raise, And all with universal joy Resound their Maker's praise.

5 Clap, clap your hands, ye rolling floods, And toss your waves on high; And all ye hills, with all your woods, Shout to the echoing sky.

6 Jehovah comes, He takes His state, He comes to judge mankind: On his high throne shall justice wait, And truth His sentence bind.

First four Verses, Tate and Brady, 1698.

Last two, Richard Mant, 1824

Psalm 99

1 REIGNS Jehovah, King supreme, Let the nations own His sway!

Throned between the cherubim, Prostrate let the earth obey!

2 High exalt Jehovah's name, Fall in worship at His feet;

Wide our God's renown proclaim, Holy is Jehovah's seat.

3 Loud Jehovah's praise recount, Spread His glorious name abroad, Worship on His holy mount:

Holy is Jehovah God.

Richard Mant, 1824